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Patented July 25, 1882'.

' 62m Q. flat-M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. G. ROULSTONE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO STILES FROST, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 261,566, dated July 25,1882. Application filed May 15,1882. (No model.)

7 To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. G. BoUL- STONE, of Boston, in the countyof Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new Improvementin Tags; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference markedthereon, to beafull, clear, and exact description of the same, and whichsaid drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, the tag as cut preparatory to introducing the fastener; Fig.2, a perspective view, showing the method of introduction; Figs. 3 and4, perspective views of the tag complete; Fig. 5, a transverse sectionof the tag complete through the fastener; Fig.6,a modification.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of tags adaptedto be attached to fabrics and like purposes-such as are provided withwire prongs, which will pass through the fabric and bend down on theopposite side to secure the tag to the fabric; and my invention consistsin passing the body of the wire through the tag near one edge andreturning it through the tag near the opposite edge, the ends of thewire turned at each side away from the tag to form the legs, as morefully hereinafter described.

I first out the tag A from any suitable material, as paper, parchment,leather, &c., and at two points cut short sli'ts or holes a a,preferably one near each edge, and depress that part of the tag at thecenter between the two holes outward, which forms a groove upon theunder side, and that part outside the holes downward, which formscorrespoudin g grooves on the outside, and, as indicated in Fig.1 andshown in section, Fig. 7, this groove forms a seat for the wire. I thencut from wire the requisite length for the fastener, and run it throughthe holes a a, first through one from one side of the tag, then returnthrough the other from the oppositev side, as seen in Fig. 2, the wirelying in the groove in the tag; then turn the two ends away from the tagat substantially right angles therewith to form the legs L b, asindicated in broken lines, Fig. 2. The legs in this case are bent downover the edge, so that the space between the two legs is equal to thewidth of the tag. The tag being thus inclosed between the two legs prevents movement of the tag on the fastening,

and the fastener being interlaced, as it were, with the tag prevents itsaccidental detachment.

It will be understood the legs of the fastener are upon the under orreverse side of the tag. These legs are run through the fab ric, orwhateverit is desired to secure the tag to, and then the legs bent downupon the opposite side, which clasps the tag upon the surface of thefabric or article.

Instead of bending the legs down directly over the edges of the tag, Iprefer to cut a notch, 01, in each edge and bend the legs through thesenotches, as seen in Fig. 3. As a further security I return each leg ofthe wire inward, as at c, Fig. 4, and seen enlarged in transversesection, Fig. 5. This bend 0 tends to hold the legs in their positionatright angles to the under surface of the tag-that is, will prevent thelegs turning in one direction or the other. The wire may be flat orround, as preferred.

. In some cases atag secured near one end is desirable. In that case Imake the holes ac near one end, as seen in Fig. 6, and interlace thefastener in the samemanner, as before described.

I do not broadly claim a tag provided with a staple-like fastening thelegs of which may be passed through a fabric and bent down upontheopposite side, as such I am aware is not new; but

What I do claim is 1. The herein-described. improvement in themanufacture of tags, consisting in perforating the tag near each edge,as at a a, then inserting the wire through said perforations andtransversely across the tag, the projecting ends of the wire bent down,returned upon the opposite side, and beneath the transverse portion ofthe wire above, and so that the wire closes upon the opposite sides ofthe tag, and then turned at right angles therefrom to forml'asteninglegs, substantially as described.

2. The tag constructed with the holes a a and the notch d at the edge,with the wire fastening interlaced with the tag through said holes a a,and turned through the notch 61 at the sides, substantially asdescribed.

E. A. G. ROULSTONE.

Witnesses:

H. M. DAVIS, WM. BROOKE.

